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Genres:
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Adventure /
Drama /
Family /
Fantasy
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Release:
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Director:
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Dave McKean
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Actors:
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Dora Bryan,
Jason Barry,
Rob Brydon,
Andy Hamilton,
Simon Harvey,
Lenny Henry,
Eryl Maynard,
Eve Pearce,
Nik Robson,
Victoria Williams,
Rick Allen,
Stephanie Leonidas,
Gina McKee,
Stephen Fry,
Robert Llewellyn
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Rating:
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(7/10)101.5
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Plot Summary:
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Fifteen-year-unused Helena longs to leave her life in the circus and lead a "trustworthy life." While coveting a young reality, Helena suddenly finds herself in the Cloudy Lands, a veiled place filled with giants, monkeybirds and other mythical creatures. To recur home base, Helena obligated to descry the Mirrormask, a powerful remonstrate over that is her simply promise of waking the Queen of Light and returning to her circus family.
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Visually Rich & Bizarre
A fresh new take on the dream quest Labyrinth/Alice in Wonderland tale.
A young girl (Helena) works as part of her families circus and the maturity of growing up and wanting to make her own decisions is putting strain on her parents. After an argument in which Helena wishes her mum dead, her mum falls ill with a brain tumour and the girl goes on a fantastical dream quest to conquer the inner turmoil of her guilt. The dreamworld is based on Helena's numerous drawings she has stuck to her bedroom walls in the real world. How this is acheived visually has to be seen to be understood. It results in an extremely rich environment, part real, part sketch, part blur, but all fantasy.
The dreamworld is made up of 2 opposing kingdoms of light and shadow. Each with a ruling queen. T...
Mesmerising
'Mirrormask' exists a world away from Gaiman's other scripts like 'Neverwhere' and acclaimed comic books such as 'The Sandman'. With the aforementioned being largely a more adult fare, Gaiman has, in recent years, taken to writing for a younger audience. And all the better for it, as 'Mirrormask' is a unique piece of fantasy entertainment and a work of art all it's own, thanks to the unequaled skill of artist turned director Dave McKean. Anyone expecting the grim, psychological horrors of Gaiman & McKean's earlier collaborations should be warned- this is a film for all ages, remeniscent of the linear fairytale of their book 'Wolves in the Walls'. Charming, beautiful and simple, this is a touching, funny, sometimes bizarre modern day f...
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